ABSTRACT
Kennings represent about 20 per cent of the compounds in Beowulf, yet OE kennings were not so elaborately conceited as those found in ON poetry: e.g. poetry itself described as ‘the sea of Odin’s breast’.
Kennings represent about 20 per cent of the compounds in Beowulf, yet OE kennings were not so elaborately conceited as those found in ON poetry: e.g. poetry itself described as ‘the sea of Odin’s breast’.